Biography
2026 • First-year
Played in 33 games with 33 starts … Hit .234 on the year with 11 runs, 26 hits, nine RBIs, six doubles, one triple, 22 walks, six hit-by-pitches, one stolen base, one sacrifice bunt, and one sacrifice fly … Opened the season with hits in each game of the Tulane series (Feb. 20-22), including a double, a run, and a hit-by-pitch at Tulane (Feb. 21) … Posted a hit, an RBI, a run, and three walks at Rice (Feb. 27) … Went 2-for-4 with a run and a walk at Liberty (Mar. 7) … Drove in two runs at Liberty (Mar. 8) … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run at California Baptist (Mar. 16) … Doubled and drove in a run at Cornell (Mar. 29) … Went 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs, a run, a walk, and a sacrifice fly vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 17) … Went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs, a run, and two walks at Princeton (May 2) … Added hits in each of the final two games at Princeton (May 2-3).
Before Harvard
Earned First Team All-Marmonte League and First Team All-Ventura County in 2025 … Gained Prep Baseball Second Team All-State as a senior … Selected for the All-CIF Southern Section Division 3 Team, LA Times All-Star Team, and LA Daily News All-Area Team in 2025 … Garnered Calabasas High School Male Athlete of the Year honors as a senior … Captured Team MVP accolades in 2025 … Gained Second Team All-Ventura County as a junior … Took home Team LA Daily News Freshman of the Year laurels in 2022 … Helped team win league titles in 2022 and 2023 … Won a CIF State Regional DII title in 2023 … Led team in average (.489), hits (45), extra-base hits (16), walks (23), OBP (.613), and OPS (1.374) as a senior … Won the Scholar-Athlete Award all four years … Served team as a senior captain … Earned four varsity letters … Played on the travel level for SoCal Giants (2022-24), GBG National (2024), and Sandlot Baseball (2024) … Son of Erin and Brandon Witkow; Brandon pitched at UNLV.
